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Move of the Day!
Alexandra Kosteniuk bounces back with a win while Carissa Yip's tough start goes on:
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun grabs her first win of the #CairnsCup!
Standings after Round 4
Nana Dzagnidze maintains her lead, but there is a huge tie for 2nd place.
Introducing the #FIDECandidates: Kirill Alekseenko (🇷🇺 2704).

The 22-year-old player from St. Petersburg is a “dark horse" of the upcoming event. 2019 was his breakthrough year (crossing 2700, third place in the Grand Swiss) & he's up for more.

More: http://ow.ly/DZ5n50yiM8a
Evgeny Sveshnikov celebrates his 70th birthday. Our congratulations!🎂🎉
Pentala Harikrishna: Prague masters #chess tournament starting on Wednesday! Time to play good chess 😉 #picf2020
A 10-player round robin, headed by Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nikita Vitiugov, and Alireza Firouzja (replacing Wei Yi who was forced to cancel due to the coronavirus travel ban), the Masters section of the 2nd Prague International Chess Festival, a Cat. XIX event, will take place between 2020 Feb 12-21, in hotel Don Giovanni, Prague.

The players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. No draw offers are allowed before move 30.

In case of a tie for first place, there will be a playoff (2 games of 5 3 blitz + Armageddon if necessary) between the top two players, as determined by: 1. Mutual result(s) 2. SB 3. More number of games with Black 4. Drawing of lots.

See also: Prague Chess Festival (Challengers) (2020)

Previous: Prague Chess Festival (Masters) (2019)

Official site: http://praguechessfestival.com/